I've made about 15 practice owl heads for my twanax conversion, but still have to cut the head off before mounting, if I finally decide on which one to use. In the meantime I've been looking at frogmen for my swamp denizens and there are nice ones in production that I can purchase, so I turned my attention to sculpting turtles.
These are giant snapping turtles that I have done in Fimo. I used that, instead of Aves, because I wanted to use a 2 part mold for the shell and body so I could have some uniformity. I haven't opened up my resin for casting yet, so the Fimo was the best option for quick repros with the 2 part mold. They have been primered and are awaiting some paint.
I'm using the 2 part mold as kind of a press mold right now. Pack the Fimo in both sides then squish, pop out the repro, and do some trim work.
The shell and underbody are the same but I can add legs, heads, and tails in different positions. I did a club for the first one, just playing around with the hands, but I need to make some others with some more interesting weapons.
I will do a few more and try to refine the eyes and add some different weapons.
As I progress I should probably add more details to the shell and body. I will be studying these as I make them to see what I need to do to repro them in lead or pewter with a small centrifugal mold system.
I think I need some swamp terrain for pictures too.
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